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On Alder Avenue, in Kidderminster Town
What it's like at DY10 2LD: every home that has sold on Alder Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alder Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Alder AvenueDetached | Jun 2026 | £350,000 | 128 m² | £2,734/m² | 3 |
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| 2, Alder AvenueDetached | Aug 2019 | £365,000 | 169 m² | £2,160/m² | 2 |
| 3, Alder AvenueDetached | Jul 2026 | £337,500 | 128 m² | £2,637/m² | 4 |
| 4, Alder AvenueDetached | Jan 2008 | £199,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Alder AvenueDetached | Mar 2002 | £140,995 | 151 m² | £934/m² | 1 |
| 6, Alder AvenueDetached | Aug 2001 | £129,995 | 102 m² | £1,274/m² | 1 |
| 7, Alder AvenueDetached | Oct 2014 | £208,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Alder AvenueDetached | Sept 2013 | £198,000 | 99 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 9, Alder AvenueDetached | Jul 2007 | £184,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Alder AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £159,000 | 104 m² | £1,529/m² | 5 |
| 11, Alder AvenueDetached | Apr 2006 | £205,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Alder AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £185,000 | 105 m² | £1,762/m² | 3 |
| 14, Alder AvenueTerraced | Apr 2024 | £192,500 | 65 m² | £2,962/m² | 3 |
| 15, Alder AvenueDetached | Jul 2025 | £475,000 | 167 m² | £2,844/m² | 3 |
| 16, Alder AvenueDetached | Mar 2002 | £164,995 | 153 m² | £1,078/m² | 1 |
| 17, Alder AvenueDetached | Dec 2011 | £230,000 | 124 m² | £1,855/m² | 3 |
| 18, Alder AvenueDetached | Mar 2002 | £197,995 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Kidderminster, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Beaulieu Close, 350 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 12, 704, 706, 705).
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 39% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Oswald's CofE Primary School (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Holy Trinity School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 41.6 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away; Argos @ Sainsburys (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Church Street Practice (950 m), with Crest Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Hairdesign is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 37 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Blossom Tree Cafe & FOSP is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Post House the nearest pub (800 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (36 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 207 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 53 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 278 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Springfield Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Gymophobics (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 34 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
16 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Wyre Forest constituency: Mark Garnier MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 812 (1.8%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Conservative 32%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 21%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
13 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DY10 2LD →
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 1 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.7% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.0% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wyre Forest since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 74 min
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